climate change

Uganda: 'Climate change to trigger next World War'

Tuesday, 26 July 2016 Godfrey Olukya

Uganda's Agriculture, Animal and Fisheries minister has warned that the next World War is likely to be triggered by climate change, as humans had little regard for the environment and this was likely to haunt them in future due to scarcity.

Climate Change: Africa fights for a deal

Wednesday, 02 December 2015 Kingsley Ighobor and Dan Shepard

As African leaders, climate change experts and scholars understand it, the climate change agreement currently being negotiated and expected to be adopted in Paris is an opportunity to emphasise the link between climate and development.

Should Africa do the economic heavy lifting on climate change?

Monday, 30 November 2015 The Africa Report

The Paris talks about a new global climate deal will start up in late November. The 2009 Copenhagen summit yielded little to help Africa adapt to changing weather patterns, so governments may have to look for new strategies.

Mulching in Morogoro

Monday, 30 November 2015 Charlie Hamilton

Founded in 2011, Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT) is an educational and outreach programme based in Morogoro, a town of some 350,000 people at the base of the Uluguru Mountains around 150km west of dar es Salaam.

World Bank's IFC issues first green bond in South Africa

Wednesday, 25 November 2015 Wendell Roelf

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a unit of the World Bank, issued on Wednesday its first South African rand-denominated green bond, raising around $71 million for climate-friendly investments in emerging markets.

Cameroon Country Profile 2015: Promises and Passivity

Tuesday, 24 November 2015 The Africa Report

With Boko Haram and the impact of the war in Central African Republic (CAR) proving the largest threats on the domestic front President Paul Biya's government is trying to deliver on its promises as the country moves into 2015 with few Millennium Development Goals achieved.

SDGs in sync with African priorities

Newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals could transform the African continent. Education, climate change, ending hunger and increasing investments in rural infrastructure are priorities for Africa, as are economic growth, access to energy and water and investments in agriculture

Rich nations should take advantage of low oil prices to cut fossil fuel subsidies and channel some of the savings into climate change support for the world's poorest, the aid agency Oxfam said on Friday.

Energy: Green bonds, bubbles and torrents

Climate Change: Re-adapting agriculture

Monday, 08 December 2014 James Kinyangi

Predictions abound regarding the many ways in which climate change will affect life around the world, and in the grim contest over who will suffer the most, the people of sub-Saharan Africa may come out on top.

Climate Change: Equity, the sticking point in Lima

Decisions in Lima on many of issues will determine whether the new climate agreement in discussion will have the backbone to keep global warming within a manageable range. And with equity seeking its place at the negotiating table, the tone is now set for global action on climate change from 2020.